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August 15, 2007

By Dale McFeatters , Scripps Howard The Eagle Tribune Wed Aug 15, 2007, 11:55 AM EDT

They say in Washington that no one's indispensable, but for the Bush White House, Karl Rove comes close. Now, in another blow the White House didn't really need, Rove has announced that he is resigning at the end of the month and returning to Texas.

The White House didn't even try to put a good face on it. "Obviously, it's a big loss for us," said deputy press secretary Dana Perino.Read this article in full with a
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President Obama's idea of a compromise with religious organizations opposed to a contraceptive mandate is that they exchange their principles for a lie.
It's the kind of thinking one should expect from our ruling liberal elite, some of whom say they believe that the Constitution that guarantees our freedoms is rather old and tired.
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To the editor:
Everybody remembers the scene in "Back to the Future" where Biff the bully is picking on the hapless George McFly in the school hallway, when Marty intervenes and stands up to him. Marty is just about to get a beating when the principal happens upon the scene, and Biff is cowed (for the moment) into submission. But the bully leaves an ominous threat of future violence hanging in the air as the scene ends.
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